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@einen ltatie @anni @ffice GEORGE H. WLDO, OF PRATTSBURG, NEW YGRK.Leva-.f Param No. 71,928, dated Member 1o, 1867..

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE HAY-FORKS.

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'T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

` Be it known that I, GEORGE H. WALDO, ot Prattsburg, in the county ot'Steuben, and State of New York, have invented a new and improvedHorse-Power Hay-Fork; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, and to the'letters of refer? ence marked thereon.

`The object of my improvement is to combine strength, simplicity,utility, and convenience of operating, with the least weight and cost;also, the advantage of several methods of discharging the load withoutincreasing the complication of the fork.

The head, eye, and tines of the fork are constructed of one bar of ironor steel, of suitable sise, bent so as to form two hooks, one out ofeach half of the ;bar, and these, united, forming the head and eye. lta, in the abcempanying drawing, represent the points ofthe tines,running nearly parallel to each other until near the bend b 6, wherethey converge and-at c meet, and form the eye d. The points e e are anequal distance from d,

and such a distance that when the fork is sus ended from them it willnearl balance et the centre of ravit 4P y I. y g y falling on the sidenearest the eye d'. To thesepoints are attached the extremities `of thebail ff, by means of the rod g, having` its extremities pass through theends of the hail and through the fork, thus forming the hinges hetweenthe bail and fork; 'also a brace to the fork, to keep it to its propershape. The rods ff of the hail meet at a suitable distance from theirpoints of attachment to the fork, and are united, and form the eye 7a atthe end. I is a rod, having one end attached to the bail, near the eye7L, so that when it is closed' up to the head of the fork this pointwill he opposite to'the eye d. It is bent into a circling form, and theother end passed through the eye d, where it is also provided with twoholes or notches, one near each end. To the head of the fork is attacheda spring, J, on the side nearest the points of the tines, and soarranged that when the hail is opened away from the eye rZ, the rod Islides'through the eye oluntil the hole near the point of the rod Icomes in contact with the spring J, which springs into it and holds itrm, which forms a handle to the fork as well as a hail. It is soconstructed that the rod I can he detached from the hail, and also thebail from the fork, leaving only the rod g, and still work well, butwithout a handle. With these detached the operator takes the tines. nearthe how b b, and runs them into the hay by hand. The rope k, to whichthe horse is attached, has one end passed through the eye h, andfastened to the eye cl in some convenient way; and tothe rope lc isattached a small pulley, Z, as near the end of the rope as possible, andnot have the eye h come in contact with it when the bail is opened atits furthest extremity from the eye d. lo the eye z is fastened the cordm, passed through the small pulley Ztopthe operator, by which hedischarges the'load.

To work the fork, open the bail, so that the spring J will spring intothe hole in the rod I nearest its point, which holds the hail fast, thusforming a handle to handle the fork with. Run the ti11es into the hay sothat they will he opposite from where. the hay is to be drawn, and thebail will he on the side'of vthe fork toward where the hay is to go;then, as the'horse draws on the rope k, the eye d is drawn toward theeye h, andthe rod I runs into the hay out of the way. To discharge theload, the operator holds the cord m firm while the horse isdrawing,which changes the draught from the eye d to the hail,'by means `of thepulley l and cord m, thus raising the tines out of the hay, and it dropsto its desired place. i

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The tines b I2, bail ff, curved holding-tine I,- spring J, pulley l,rope k, all constructed and operated sub'- stantially as herein setforth.

Infwitness whereof, I have signed my name, in the presence ofV twosubscribing witnesses.

eno. H; Wanne..

Witnesses:

F. A. SWENsoN, A. K. SMITH.

